Dress-gage.



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DRESS GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. I915.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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' DRESS-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Application filed September 16, 1915. Serial No. 51,089.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, CHARLES MoARTHUn, residing at Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress- Gages, of which'the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in gages for measuring the length of dresses in fitting same, and its objects are: first, to provide a gage. with which the desired length of a dress skirt may be accurately and positively fixed with ease and expedition, and, second, to provide a gage with which pins may be readily and accurately placed at thedesired points in a dress skirt, to provide markings that will not become obliterated by handling the goods after they have been passed over the gage. I attain these objects "by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the gage, Fig.

2 is a plan of the same, and Figs. 8 and 4 show how the standards may be entered.

Similar reference'numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the construction of this gage I make use of two standards, as 1, 1 which are supported in a base 9 of any suitable material, preferably of wood. On one of the standards 1 I place an arm 2 which is provided with a loop 3 at one end, and issupported by a clamp 5 that is securely clamped on the standard at the desired height from the base. I prefer that the standards 1, 1 be supported by means of uprights 10, of wood, which have a hole through each that will fit closely over the standards, and these uprights should be forced down upon, and securely cemented to the base so as to hold the standards rigid in their upright positions. The arm'2 may be placed higher or lower on the standardby placing and clamping the clamp 5 in the desired position or positions,

On the standard 1, opposite the one that supports the arm 2, I place a gage plate 6 in position so that when the arm 2 is thrown to the position indicated in Fig. 1, andby-the solid lines in'Fig. 2 the gage plate 6 will pass through the loop 3, as indicated in both figures, and theplate will projectsorne distance through the loop, as in Fig; 2. The I hub 4 that supports the arm 2 should be sufii ciently strong to support a. balancing arm the arm 22 when manipulating it toward and from the plate, 6, and said hub must turn freely on the standard 1. The dotted lines in Fig. 2 indicate the position the arm is presumed to assume when moved away from the plate 6 for the purpose of changing the position of the fabric, as 11, on the plate.

In Fig. 2 I have indicated a small piece of fabric 11, as of a piece of a dress skirt, clamped over the plate and held in place by the loop 3, and with a pin 12 passed through the fabric in the concave 141 in the edge of the plate.

The construction so far described relates to appliances on the gage for marking fine, soft goods. 'If heavy Wash-goods are to be gaged it would be difficult to pass it between the surfaces of the plate 6 and the rims of the loop 3, and to overcome this difiiculty I have provided the auxiliary marking plate 7, provided with a sharp needle point 8 which may be passed through heavy goods to mark them, the weight and firmness of the wash goods being such that a puncture made by said needle pointwill show plainly in the goods for some time after they have been removed from the gage, thus enabling the operator to use this form of marker with great success and convenience. One or both of the standards may, if desired, be indexed, as indicated on the right hand standard 1.

In Fig. l the uprights 10, are represented as secured only to the surface of the bed 9, butas it is almost impossible to make cement or glue adhere to the ends of the grain of wood I greatly prefer that these uprights be made of the form, and applied as shown in Fig. 4, as by this construction and application the standards maybe made to stand perfectly rigid and safe from the danger of becoming loose in the base, as might occur either in the construction shown in Fig. 3, or that indicated in Fig. 1.

In use the right hand standard 1 must be inside of the skirt, and the standard 1 at the left must be outside, of the skirt 11, as indi cated by its-dotted lines in Fig. 2 so the op erator may have easy access to the arm 2 for forcing it and the folds of the skirt over the gage plate 6, as indicated in said Fig. 2. The opening in the loop 8 in the arm 2 must be of suflicient length so it may be passed over the pin 12 after said pin has been inserted, and itwill be readily understood that by this construction and arrangement of parts pins may be inserted as frequently around the bottom of the skirt, at the desired height from the bottom of the skirt, as may be desired, thus absolutely fixing the line of cutting or trimming for the desired length of skirt.

It is to be understood that when very heavy goods are to be marked, the plate 6 is replaced by the plate 7 and the spur or point 8 is to be located in such a position that the approach of the loop 3 will cause the point to puncture the goods before the loop has passed over the plate. In other words, the loop is carried just far enough toward the plate to cause the point 8 to puncture the cloth, and is not carried over the plate at all, as would be necessary if very light fabric was being gaged, and the insertion of pins was necessary to mark the gage line.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a dress gage, a base, two standards secured into, and extending upward from said base, parallel with each other, an arm pivotally mounted on one of said standards at right angles therewith, and having an open loop in one end, a gage plate mounted on the other of said standards in position so the loop may be passed over it and secure a piece of a dress skirt to be held thereby in position to insure the proper gaging thereof.

2. In a dress gage, a base, two parallel standards extending upward from the base, an arm pivotally mounted on one of said standards and having a loop in one end thereof, a gage plate mounted on the other of said standards in position so the loop may be passed over it to secure a dressskirt between them for proper marking, and an adjustable clamp mounted on one standard to support the arm in any desired position on the standard.

3. In a dress gage, a base, uprights securely connected with said base, standards extending upward from said uprights, an arm pivotally mounted on one of said standards and vertically adjustable thereon, means for securing the arm in the desired position on said standard, said arm having a loop in one end, a gage plate mounted on the other of said standards in position so the loop in the end of the arm may be passed over it, and means for marking the desired length of a skirt thereby.

Signed at Grand Rapids Michigan September 11, 1915.

CHARLES MGARTHUR.

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